GameGavel.com - The Gamer's Auction Site - In Lieu of Ebay's 2011 Fee Update Madness!

I wanted to explain to everyone, especially our sellers or anyone wanting to sell on GameGavel in the future. First off we are growing nicely but one thing we also do is feed all our fixed price/buy now style listings into what is called Google Base. This makes sellers items appear in the Google Search and Google Shopping environments. This gets your auctions infront of everyone searching for games on Google greatly increasing your listing's coverage.

So even though we are still small, but growing, auctions are also being run on the biggest search engine on the planet.

To see this in action simple type this as an example into the Google search bar: spyro the dragon playstation 1 and then click on Shopping Results to see this sellers listing on GameGavel.

Also, to see all the GameGavel auctions running in Google click this link:
http://www.google.com/products?q=gamegavel&hl=en&aq=f

Our feeds get updated daily at 6:00 AM EST so everything stays current.

This is a free service to GameGavel sellers and you need to do nothing except list a fixed price listing to be included in the feed.

As you can imagin this feed brings in lots of traffic to GameGavel but also to your listings.
 
This post is here to do two things. First, to reiterate Google Shopping feeds are now up and running so anyone listing fixed price listings/Buy Now will have their listings auto fed directly into Google so you will have tons of people seeing your GameGavel listings as they search Google. You can check out our current Google Shopping listings here and it updates 6:00AM EST every morning. http://www.google.com/products?q=gamegavel&hl=en&aq=f

Since getting these feeds up and running, combined with transferring our forums to now operate under the GameGavel URL we are seeing tremendous growth.

The Google Analytics info below shows our daily unique visitors averaging over 2400 people the past week or so since we made these changes. This will translate to over 70,000 unique visitors / month (and growing) looking for video game listings.

Next, I really need to get more listings for modern day gaming items running on the site. So to spark this, I am willing to give out 12 more free seller accounts (pay no fees for life) on what will become the #1 place on line to buy and sell video games. The deal is that to get one you must be able to produce at least 50 listings for items in the modern day categories. And remember with a free seller account you don't pay anything for this. Feel free to link your GameGavel store with your Ebay store and pass traffic back and forth too. I am cool with that.

This is a very good deal for someone who is spending alot selling on Ebay and looking for a viable alternative. Imagine having no fees ever on GameGavel.

Please PM if you are interested in this deal.

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Hey guys,

I hope many more of you will consider listing some things on GameGavel. Since I started posting here a couple years ago we have grown considerably to pushing 80,000 unique visitors (Google Analytics new 30-day average) each month and bidding and buying is up considerably too. We are seeing more than 300,000-400,000 page views each month too, so people are coming here looking for games, systems, retro to modern day.

First off there are no listing fees so you have no real risk in at least trying it. I still think to ease yourself into it list some items on GameGavel and on Ebay sidexside. Then put a link to your Ebay auctions in your GameGavel store or listing - I am cool with that. We also have low selling fees, free seller homepage/storefronts, auction promotional tools, sweet bulk uploaders and a dedicated video gaming community.

Secondly, for those thinking our pool of buyers is still to small, we do feed all our fixed price/buy now listings automatically into Google Shopping - every morning at 6:00 AM. So your listings are being seein in Google Search as well as the growing GameGavel community.

For you International members, we have something to offer as we are getting significant International traffic now as well so you too will have people looking for things to buy (or sell) in your part of the world.

We are gaining on Ebay every day with respect to their Video Game listings/sales but obviously still have a long way to go.

The bottom line is we are starting to get a serious amount of traffic now so your item now have a very good chance of getting bids or bought if you do fixed price. I know most of you would still like a good legit alternative to Ebay and I hope you will give GG an opportunity to work for you. Each listing, each sale helps us continue our efforts to give gamers that new alternative.

We really need listings for modern day items as we have many people coming and looking for newer games.

You have nothing to lose and alot to gain by helping us grow.


Thanks again and I hope to see some new listings :)
 
[quote name='ChaseTheChuckwagon']CAG Approved :)

ChaseTheChuckwagon.com has seen respectable growth in only 7 months surpassing the 1,000 member mark and then some. For those of you sick and tired of Ebay, their wacky fees and policy changes, come breathe some fresh air and join the fastest growing auction site dedicated to the hobby we all love.

We have a fast growing gamer / collector communtiy and an increasing amount of auctions averaging around 2,000+ auctions a day and growing. New stuff , old stuff and everything inbetween. Lots of buying and selling activity.

I will be appearing as a guest on Coin-Op TV LIVE next Thursday, October 23rd to continue my efforts to spread the word. So there is no better time to join the site and get some listings going.

Please consider joining if you haven't already and try bidding or listing some items. There is no charge to join, and the listings are free so you've nothing to lose.

Escape Ebay![/QUOTE]

Just sold a game on there that ended at 12am today, sending it out once the post office opens and I get the money in my paypal account.
 
Today GameGavel is one week from hitting its 2-year anniversary. So instead of waiting to send this email on “the day”, I am sending it out now as I hope it will spark new readers to register and help us hit our goal of 4,000 registered members our first two years. It appears we will hit this # right on target.

Thanks to all of our members. And by all I mean all 3,913 (including over 200 new members who just signed up this month) of you – whether you have been consistently using GameGavel since we launched or just poking your head in every now and then to make sure we are still alive and kickin’. In two years GameGavel has grown considerably not only in just the # of registered members but also in the staggering # of unique visitors the site is now seeing on a monthly basis. And more and more of these visitors are registering when they see something they want to buy.

Many of you have been hesitant to list with any consistency on GameGavel due to our low level of traffic. Well, now the time has come that our biggest problem, at this stage is not for lack of traffic (now approaching 80,000 unique visitors/month and 400,000 page views) but lack of new listings. I have been working hard to spread the word of GameGavel through lots of channels. Many of you show your support by helping to spread the word to your friends, forums or your online communities and that is something that I am extremely thankful for and will continue to depend on as time goes by. We all want an alternative to Ebay and we are all working together to cement GameGavel as that alternative.

Our efforts are paying off in a big way. Here is a link to our latest 30-day Google Analytics statistics, which are showing proof that GameGavel is growing significantly:
http://www.gamegavel.com/forum/showthread.php?p=14433#post14433

Our stats for two years are showing we have listed 263,141 items, sold over $180,000 in merchandise and are averaging over 60,000 searches for items each month.

A couple new things that will be put into place are some site advertising, again, with the sole purpose of generating some consistent revenue to drive back into GameGavel’s functionality and promotion. This will benefit all of us using the site and help us continue to always operate without listing fees and low selling commissions.

We will be upgrading our forums to Vbulletin 4.0 Publishing Suite, in the next day or so, which will once again give the forums a new facelift but more importantly will now include a built-in blog engine so now anyone wanting to blog can do so easily in a great venue filled with gamers interested in what they have to say. It may also be a cool way to promote your auctions to the readers of your blog.

And finally, we are working on GameGavel.co.uk, which will be our first attempt at a country specific offshoot. This is a tricky undertaking that will take some time to develop. Here is a sneak peak at what will be the logo for GameGavel UK: http://www.gamegavel.com/forum/showpost.php?p=14048&postcount=5


As I mentioned before, what the site needs now, more than ever, is listings. In addition to our efforts to keep spreading the word, Google Shopping Feeds are now consistently running and many of our sellers are seeing a higher level of sales. Google Shopping is responsible for a large % of our monthly unique visitors and it’s your listings that are bringing them in. Even more listings will mean even more people flooding into GameGavel. Here is a link showing our Google Shopping listings as of today: http://www.google.com/products?q=gamegavel&hl=en&aq=f

If you have been meaning to try GameGavel now is the time to try. Free listings are back and will never go away so there is absolutely no risk to list some items. None. We all want an alternative to Ebay. One that is dedicated to gaming, has free listings and low fees, and has traffic. We have that now in GameGavel. We just need your listings - plain and simple. Try listing some items on GameGavel and on Ebay. Use both sites. Link your free GameGavel seller store to your Ebay store and pass buyers back and forth. Using a combination of GameGavel and Ebay is a smart thing to do, especially if you don’t want to rely solely on GameGavel for all your sales and you want to start depending less and less on Ebay. Start slow and I am sure after a while GameGavel will be your site of choice for the majority of your buying and selling.

This next year is continuing to show tremendous promise for GameGavel and its members. We will be continuing to upgrade and improve the site based largely on feedback from you. And let’s all thank the CGE team for coming back in 2010. This is the first CGE to happen since GameGavel has been in existence and I am looking forward to meeting many of you that weekend.

Now to celebrate by having some green brew and a crock-pot full of jazzed up corn beef. Happy St. Pattys day to all of you and here’s two another two years of whittling away at you know who J

Erin Go Bragh

So Cal Mike, Founder
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Let’s get GameGavel’s 3rd Year Started With a Bang!

Contest:

During April 2010, sell $50 or more of fixed price listings on GameGavel and have your name entered in a drawing to win $50 credit toward a GameGavel purchase from seller oldgames and $50 from socalmike or the GameGavel store. Two $100 prizes will be awarded.

Rules:

1. Listings must be fixed price (starting price and buy price the same).
2. Mike, the GameGavel owner, will determine eligibility. Once you have sold $50 worth, simply message me (oldgames) and I will send the list of qualifiers to Mike. He will verify your fixed price sales total and enter your name in the drawing.
3. Mike will also do the drawing for the winners.
4. One entry per member.
5. Prize must be used within 30 days of the announcement of winners
6. Prize must be used on a single order. Multiple items may be purchased on this single order.

FAQ:

Do relists count?

Yes, any fixed price listing that sells during April 2010 will count toward your $50.

If I sell $100 worth do I get 2 entries?

No, each member that qualifies will be entered one time. All members who qualify will have an equal chance to win.

Why is this based on sales rather than # of listings?

This is to encourage listings at reasonable prices that will generate sales. As traffic to the site grows, having a good variety of reasonably priced items is very important.

Why are only fixed price listings eligible?

Mike has added a fantastic feature to the site that sends a daily feed of fixed price listings to Google Base which makes these items appear in the Google Shopping area.

My traffic has increased dramatically since this feature was added. The more products from GameGavel that appear in the Google shopping area, the more traffic will continue to grow on the site. More traffic = More sellers will be attracted. More Sellers = Greater selection of gaming goodness. More selection = More customers….. and the cycle continues.

Why is the prize only good for purchases from seller oldgames?

I’m providing the prizes. I’m hoping that once you get your order and see the quality of my products and service that you’ll become one of my regular customers.

Who is eligible?

Any GameGavel member in good standing (fees paid up to date) with the following 2 exclusions: Contest Sponsor: (oldgames) and GameGavel Owner: (gamegavel, socalmike).

I want to give GameGavel a try, but I’m not a member yet. How do I sign up?

Go to www.gamegavel.com and click on the Register link at the top of the page. In order to sell, you’ll need to have a credit card on file.

What items can I list for this contest?

Any items permitted on GameGavel are eligible to count toward this contest. Again, the listings must be fixed price (starting price and buy price the same)

If I win, what can I buy with my prize?

Any items listed by oldgames. There are no exclusions. You may apply the prize to multiple items, but they must all be purchased on a single order within 30 days of contest end.

How do I claim my prize if I win?

Once you have sold $50 or more in fixed price listings during April, simply message me and I will send your entry to Mike to verify your sales total and enter your name in the drawing.

Winners will be notified during the first week of May 2010. Once this notification is sent, you will have 30 days to place a GameGavel order with oldgames totaling $50.00 or more (including shipping charges) and $50 from socalmike or the GameGavel store. The $50.00 will be deducted from the total of the invoice for this order and you will pay the balance, if any, by either PayPal or US postal service money order as with any other purchase.
 
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GameGavel.co.uk going LIVE!

I am excited to tell you all next week we will be going live with GameGavel.co.uk. This will be a new site focused on the European market and will use GBP as the main site currency. This site will share member databases with GameGavel so if you are in the Europe and already registered you will be good to go and can use both sites seamlessly.

As with any new venture there will be bugs and issues to iron out as we grow. GameGavel.co.uk will share a very similar look as the original site and they will be linked together at the very minimum. Members of GameGavel.co.uk will benefit by knowing we will stop at nothing to continue building a high quality, less-expensive auction alternative to Ebay and will work diligently to grow the site to scale so members will have just as much success selling their items on GameGavel as they would on Ebay. Fixed price/buy-now listings running on GameGavel.co.uk will also be visible in the Google shopping area increasing their exposure greatly. We have a new forum thread for discussing the launch of GameGavel.co.uk here so feel free to introduce yourself and give us your opinion of the site and what you would like to see in a European dedicated gaming auction site (remembering the forum requires a separate registration from the auction site): http://www.gamegavel.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=102

Introducing UK Mike

Helping to administor the site is UK Mike, my co-host on http://www.RetroGamingRoundup.com. He has expressed interest in partnering with GameGavel to help administer this new European auction site. Not only does he live in the UK, but he is well versed in all things web related and will also help market GG.co.uk to the European market.

Are you in Europe? Do you want a lifetime Free Seller Account?

Currently we have a couple hundred members from Europe registered on GameGavel.com. As I indicated you will be automatically registered when GG.co.uk goes live. Since you are already a member of GameGavel I would like to also offer you a life time free seller membership (pay no listing fees/selling fees for life) in trade for some listings soon after the site goes live. If you are interested in this “Free Seller Account” offer than please respond to me at [email protected] so I can upgrade your account.

If you are in Europe and not yet registered on GameGavel.com/UK then you to will be open to receiving a lifetime free seller account in trade for bringing some listings over soon after we launch.

And, again, for our European members – if you are excited about this news please help us spread the word by letting everyone know in the European gaming forums that GameGavel is coming to Europe. Word of mouth has always been our best advertising and if GameGavel is to be a successful Ebay alternative in Europe, we will need all the help we can get.

Improved Category Searching

Many of you have asked that we revise our category search system to include all items up for sale within a main category and then having a drill down menu to fine tune your searches into the secondary categories. We have been working on this and should have this improvement made in the next month or so. This will make searching GameGavel more efficient and much more enjoyable for those of us wanting to see everything for sale under a main category with one button click.

Again, thanks to all of you for your suggestions for improving the site. Everything you bring to our attention is seriously looked at and implemented sooner or later.

GameGavel is a great community of gamers and most members are filling up with significant positive feedback. I hope all of us can strive to hit 100% positive feedback. Remember, great transaction communication is one way to resolve any problems before anyone has to result to leaving negative feedback.

If you have any questions regarding GameGavel.co.uk feel free to contact either myself, or UK Mike. Thanks again to all of you for registering and using GameGavel.

So Cal Mike, Founder GameGavel.com - [email protected]
UK Mike, Co-Host RetroGamingRoundup.com, GameGavel.co.uk - [email protected]
 
GameGavel Europe is now open at http://www.GameGavel.co.uk​

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Those of you who registered for your Lifetime Free Seller Accounts in Europe can now get your listings up and running. Please try to continue to relist unsold items as needed and keep them running. It is very important during this start-up phase to have a good selection of listings.

We also ask that you help us, by promoting your listings in the UK/Euro gaming and computer forums you all participate in. There is a very cool selling tool you can use that will automatically generate “listing links” you can cut-and-paste into those forum marketplace areas. To do this simply login to your members area, click on Seller Tools. Then on the lower left of the screen you will see “Lists for Promotions”. Using the drop down menu find the auctions you want to promote and then the system will generate these cool links and all you need to do is cut-and-paste them and you are done.

We will also be doing our best to promote the site around Europe. So working together we can populate the site with listings and then with bidders/buyers and grow the site into the video gaming auction alternative we all want.

We will have bugs and glitches to be sure. Please report any bugs to [email protected] and we will jump right on them J



If there are any other existing members from Europe who are reading this email and you do not have a Free Seller Account then we are offering you one in trade for bringing some auction listings to GameGavel Europe at launch.

Please email us at [email protected] to request your Free Seller Account upgrade. This will get you lifetime use of GameGavel Europe without having to pay any listing or selling fees. But remember, you must list some items soon after we launch. This is a limited time offer so take advantage now.



We still have a few days left for USA/International buyers to lock-in to a Lifetime Free Seller account for only $20. If you are ever going to sell on GameGavel in the future this will be the deal of a lifetime. Pay $20 and never have to pay listing or selling fees on GameGavel ever! Contact us and request your Free Seller Account now at [email protected]



All members are registered on both sites so feel free use them both accordingly. Some USA members had asked if they can list their PAL items on GameGavel Europe and that is totally cool if you want to try. Remember, both sites will require separate logins (using your same existing login information), however.

Thanks again for being apart of GameGavel.com -- the World’s premier video gaming auction alternative.

So Cal Mike, GameGavel.com
UK Mike, GameGavel.co.uk
 
Hey all,

Just a note thanking some of you for using GameGavel.com. We are still growing and only a few hundred away from 5,000 members. To continue my goal of creating a unique, all-inclusive gaming website we have added a team of writers who will be supplying our forum community with a good does of daily/weekly blogs, game reviews, industry opinion, etc. It's just another piece of the GameGavel puzzle that I hope all our members will enjoy.

Remember, GG has no listing fees and cheap selling fees. We feed all our fixed price/buy now auctions into Google so you get additional exposure.

If you haven't visited GameGavel in a while please have a look. Here are some new places you can check out:

Auctions:http://www.gamegavel.com
Forums:http://www.gamegavel.com/forum/content.php
Blogs:http://www.gamegavel.com/forum/blog.php
Flash Game Competitions:http://www.gamegavel.com/forum/arcade.php
Podcast:http://www.retrogamingroundup.com
Radio:http://www.retroarcaderadio.com

There is a lot going on and I hope you all will continue to be apart of making GameGavel a great alternative to Ebay for all of us Gamers!
 
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Wow, we have come a long way since this thread started. Since that first post we've grown to 5,000 members, have hosted over 350,000 auctions and have sold over $230,000 in merchandise.

Now the time has come for a much needed site facelift. The new site will incorporate a completely updated look which will combine all aspects of our site including the auction marketplace first and foremost, followed by the forum/community and entertainment aspects that have been added over the past couple years.

GameGavel is an unique, all-inclusive video gaming destination unlike any other and this new layout will bring it all together!

In the meantime, have a look at the style we are going for although this is an early mockup and will change as it becomes implemented in January 2011.

Mockup - you may have to scroll a bit as this is only a mockup
http://www.casedigital.com/gamegavel/atari/game_gavel_atari.html

One cool thing we will incorporate are site skin backgrounds which users will have the option of choosing including solid colors, retro console gaming (like the Atari games shown in this mockup), modern day gaming and yes, an arcade theme!

This is will be phase one of some big changes coming for the site and some of these changes will be big and will continue to grow the site even more. So 2011 is going to be GameGavel's best year yet.

PS: If any of you guys have any modern day gaming items - Wii, 360 or PS3 - please try listing them. There is no cost to list and the site really needs some newer items listed. Classic gaming has done great on GameGavel, but we need modern day listings so give it a try. We have 30,000+ unique visitors each month visiting and most are looking for newer items so I think you will be surprised at your sales.

And if any of you could list a significant amount of newer items I will hook you up with a year of free selling too! Just PM me here!
 
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Hey Guys,

In lieu of Ebay's Spring 2011 fee update now is a great time to try listing some games on GameGavel. Due to our smaller population many believe their items will sell for less on GameGavel than on Ebay. No problem. Use a Reserve Price auction or Buy Now. However, when doing so please price your items accurately using selling price data from good ole' Ebay. There are also no listing fees or Buy Now format fees so you have nothing to lose. And we have just removed the small fees to run Reserve Price auctions. You can also use our free promotional tools to promote your listings right here on CAG and other forums. That brings people to your listings and also to GameGavel.

Many of you CAG'ers have free seller accounts so now would be a great time to dust them off and get some listings running. We do have a fair amount of traffic and they are looking for new listings all the time, especially listings for newer games and systems. Please help us to continue to grow into that auction alternative we all want.

Thanks guys,

 
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